Camera attachment.



H, G. KORINKO @L A. 1. ASP.

CAMERA ATTACHMENT. APPLIOATION FILED JULY24, 1908.

0 1: m,Ko (12)@ Patented Sept. 7,

UNITED sTATEs ArATENT oEeEicE.

HERMAN G. KORINKOAND ANTON J. ASP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAMERA ATTACHMENT.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, HERMAN G. Ko-

.RINKO and ANTON J. Asr, citizens of the United States, and residents ofNew York,- borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New `fork,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CameraAttachmentaof which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription..

This invention relates more particularly to an automatic shutteroperating device.

lhe primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and eliicientattachment which may be readily applied to cameras of variousconstructions and so arranged that the shutter may beoperated'automatically after a given time, according to the constructionof the device, to permit one or more persons to be properly posed beforethe cam era at the desired distance therefrom without the necessity formanually operating the shutter as usual, thereby permitting a person totake his own picture, or to pose as a part of a group as is oftendesirable and which is not convenient with cameras as ordinarilyconstructed. v

A. further object of the invention is to provide a imple device whichmay be readily attached to a part of a camera adjacent to the shutteroperating mechanism, and which may be so constructed and regulated as tobe quickly adjusted or attached to or removed from the camera, and whichcan be made to vary the length of time in which it is desired thepersonshall have to pose before the camera before the shutterY is 0p erated.

With these and other objects in view, theinvention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings,which form' a part of this specification, and will then be pointed outin the claims at the end of the description.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of deviceembodying 'our invention, showing the same as applied to one form ofcamera. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view taken onthe line II-II of Fig.3. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, partly in elevation taken on the lineIII-III of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device, sl wing apart of the camera in section to s' Ich the device may be attached.

The camera 10 may have the usual. operating levers 11 and 12 forming apart of the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, *7, 1909,Application filed July 24, 1908. Serial No. 445,161.

shutter mechanism 13, and which is adapted to be operated by a bulb orotherwise for time, instantaneous or other exposures, all of lwhich maybe of any vsuitable or preferred construction.

The attachment v14. may have a casing 15 comprising a base-or rearmember 16 and a cap member or cover-17 which is adapted to be fastenedand held to the base member by screws or otherwise. On the rear member16 of the casing and transversely thereof is arranged a grooved rail ordevice 18 in which is adapted to move a. clamp 19. rl`his clamp 19 isprovided 'with a slide 2O which is adapted to move within the grooveformed between the L-shaped flanges .2l ofthe guide 18, and to saidslide is held a clamping mem-A ber 22. rl"his clamping member 22 has acurved portion 225 adapted to lit about the outer edge of a post 24, orother partI of the camera, and is provided with an angularly arrangedportion 25 forming substantially a C-shaped clamp. A threaded stemv 26passes through a threaded aperture `in the part 25 of the clamp and onthe end thereof is arranged a button or engaging part 27 looselyarranged on one end, and on the outer'end is a thumb nut or lingeringpart 28 by which the said clampingmcmber 22 may be held adjustably to apart of the camera and in such a way that the casing 15 may be adjustedalong the slide 18 to properly position the attachment with relation tothe operating lever 11.

To operate the lever 11 of the camera we arrange a lever 29 so as tohave the outer end or arm 30 thereof movable in the path of the-lever11. 'lhe lever 29 of the attachment is pivcted at 31 within the casingand to the rear member 16, and has its arm 30 guided and movable in theslot 3l of the member 17 and is normally forced upward by means of aspring This lever 29 has an arm 33 normally extending upward and mayhave its inner edge curved so as to form an engaging surface for a pinor projection 3a carried by a gear of the operating lthis operatingmechanism may be of any suitable kind and is arranged within the casing15. As shown the gear 35 is secured to a shaft'37v and this shaft ,37 isconnected to one end of aspring 38 which -has its other end held to adrum 8S),` the outer edge ofwhich is provided with teeth forming a gearwheel 110. 'lhe drum is loosely mounted on the shaft 3T and saidA shaftis Vio journaled in the rear member 16 and a bracket 41 of a face plate42, which is rigidly held to the rear plate 16 in such a way and is ofsuch a form as will properly hold the operating mechanism between saidface plate and the rear member 16 to permit the cap piece 17 to beremoved at any time without removing or disarranging any of theoperating mechanism 36. y

The drum 39 is normally held against movement in one direction by aspring pressed pawl or detent 43 which is adapted to engage the teeth ofthe gear L40, and to rotate the drum to wind the spring 38 is a gear orpinion 44 carried by the shaft 45'A on which is a tingering piece orknob 46, so that when the gear 44 is operated it will 4wind the springand when the same is released the spring38 will rotate the shaft 37 andthrough it the gear 35 so as to cause the pin or projection 34 to movethe outer arm 30 of the lever 29 downward at each revolution, and assoon as the pin passes the inner edge of the arm 33 of said lever thespring will restore said lever to the position shown in Fig. 2.

The gear 35 is. in mesh with a pinion 48 of a train of gearing 49thelower pinion 50 of which is connected to'operate with a governorwheel 51, as is usual in clock and motor mechanism, so that the speed ofrotation of the gear 35 may be properly governed and regulated accordingto the size and nature of the train`of gearing in t-he usual manner. Bythis means the time of movement of the lever 29 may be regulated topermit a person to pose himself properly before the lens of the cameraor to form a part of a group before the shutter mechanism is operated,and to operate the shutter mechanism entirely automatic. 1

A lever 52 is pivotally held at 53 to the rear member 16 of the casing,and this lever has one end, as 54, bent or otherwise formed to be movedinto or out of the path of movement of the projection 34. lhis lever hasan operating part 55 which projects through a slot 56 in the cap 17 soas to be manually operated, and when moved to the position shown in Fig.2 will permit the projection to pass by the same allowing the lever 29to be operated by said projection, but when moved "to the opposite endof the slot will engage said 'pin and stop the mechanism, there being aspring if necessary tonoi'- mally hold the lever 52 in a position-tohold the mechanism 36 against operation., The shaft 37 of the gear 35carrying the pin or projection 34 may have a pointer or other indicator5'( secured to the outer end thereof so as to show at a 'glance thatfthemechanism 36 is operating properly.

F rom the foregoing it will be seen that a simple and efficientattachment is provided which maybe adjustablj7 and removably held toVarious forms of cameras to adapt the same to automatically operate theshutter mechanism of the camera after a given time; that said attachmenthas its mechanism so arranged that it is very compact and will noteasily get out of order; that said attachment may be made to vary thetime the mechanism is to take in operating the shutter mechanism; andthat said attachment permits the shutter mechanism to be so operatedthat a person may pose himselrl at temporarily shift said lever in adirection to actuate said shutter operating mechanism.

2. A camera attachment comprising a casing, a lever mounted therein andadapted to engage shutter operating mechanism, said lever being providedwith an angular arm or projection, a rotatable member mounted in saidcasing and provided with a projection adapted to engage said arm orprojection to actuate said lever, and means for rotating said member.

3. A camera attachment comprising a casing, alever mounted therein andadapted to engage shutter operating mechanism, said lever being providedwith an angular arm or projection, means within said casing constructedto engage said arm or projection to actuate said lever, and a lockinglever controlling the operation of said engaging means. 4

4. A camera attachment comprising a casing, a lever mounted therein andadapted to engage shutter operating mechanism, said lever being providedwith an angular arm or projection, a rotatable member mounted in saidcasing and provided with a pin adapted to engage said arm or projectionto actuate said lever, means for rotating said member, and a stop leverarranged to engage said pin.

5. A camera attachment comprising a casing, a shutter operating leverpivoted in said casing and provided with an angular portion having afinger projecting therefrom, a spring and means for engaging said fingerto rock said lever against the action of said spring.

6. A camera attachment comprising a casing, a shutter operating leverpivoted insaid casing and provided with an angular portion having afinger projecting therefrom, a spring bearing against said angularportion, a rotatable member provided with a lng for bearing against saidangular portion,

against the tension of said spring, and means means for engaging saidnger to rock said fa stop lever for controlling the operation of-A leveragainst .the tension of said spring, and

said engaging means.

A8. A camera attachment comprising a cas-- ing, a shutter operatinglever pivoted in said casing and provided with an angular portion havingainger projecting therefrom, a

spring bearing against said angular portion, a rotatable member providedwith a lu for engaging lsaid finger to rock said'- ver against thetension o said spring, means for rotatii'i'g 'said member, and astopxlever -arranged to engage said lug.

9. `A'cainera attachment comprising a casing, asliutter operating leverpivoted in said casing `and providedivith an angulal por-j tion having afinger projecting therefrom, a

spring beafring against said angular portion,` a rotatable memberprovided with a lug for engaging said vng'er to, rock said leveragainsttlie tension ofsaid spring, means for member.

`clamp having ,tvv'' niembers,' one mein4 y slidably mounted in saidguideway', andthe rotatingsaidmernlier, and a visualindicating deviceconnectedwith said rotatable 10. A cameraattachment comprising alcasing, a shutter operating lever pivoted in4 said casing andprovidedwith an ular portion having a finger projecting t ereroni, 'aspring bearing against said angular portion, a shaft mounted in saidcasing, a pinion mounted on said sliait and having a lug for engagingsaid'fnger to i'ock said' lever against the .tension of said spring,4means for rotating said shaft, and a pointer secured to said shaft.

11; A, camera :attachment comprising -a casing, a; sliiitter operatinglever mounted.

therein, a gioov ed rail formi vcarried by the rear Walloflsaidcasinother member adaptedto hold the camera to i its support, -a-nd 'inearis.for actuating said lever." j `This .'sp'ecication signed andi witnessedthis twentyftliird dayo `July A. 13.1908.

' lHERMAN G. KORINKO.

.ANTON JrASP. j Witnessesz.

M. TURNER,; QA. BECKER.'

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